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2 days ago · 1889. The Great Seattle Fire. On June 6, 1889, a fire ignites in a Seattle woodworking shop and sweeps through some 100 acres, destroying much of the city’s business district and waterfront. The ...
5 days ago · Washington State was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853. The original plan was to name the territory “Columbia,” after the Columbia River and the Columbia District.
3 days ago · Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, called təˡqʷuʔbəʔ in the Puget Sound Salish dialect, and “Takhoma” in an anglicized version. It is locally known as the "City of Destiny" because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century.
2 days ago · The state was formed from the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by the British Empire in the Oregon Treaty of 1846. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital, and the most populous city is Seattle .
4 days ago · What's in a name? Puget Sound is named after Peter Puget, an officer of George Vancouver's whose expeditions in the late 1700s lead to the naming of many places in the area. Here are additional names of notable people in the history of the area: George Vancouver; Peter Puget ; Peter Rainier; Joseph Whidbey; Joseph Baker; Marquis of Townshend ...
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3 days ago · For example, Sean, Shawn, and Shaun would all be listed separately. According to the Associated Press, the Social Security Administration’s latest data show that 3.58 million babies were born in ...
4 days ago · On January 21, 2011, Seattle Center announced that KeyCorp would not renew its agreement for naming rights of KeyArena, after 15 years of sponsorship. However, the venue retained the KeyArena name until its redevelopment, despite the fact that the naming right had expired.
